Extremely indirect dermal lymphatic channels: Value of areolar-cutaneous junction injection technique for breast lymphoscintigraphy

Current Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-337

  Kim, Sun Hee ^a   Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a   Fedorciw, Boris J ^b   Kim, Chun K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Areola cutaneous junction; Breast cancer; Lymphatic tracks; LymphoBoost; Lymphoscintigraphy; Setinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 18344362087     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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